Saturday, June 29, 2013

Howdy folks, it's Baby Day 2013! The baby is on his way, precisely on his due date - here are the updates as they come in (listed chronologically from bottom to top). *****************************************************************************
Goodnight folks - thanks for following the excitement!

4:22pm = Suzanne is informed that the baby could share a birthday with Gary Busey ("Who is he?") and Richard Lewis ("Is he a musician?" - she's thinking of Jerry Lee Lewis).

4:18pm = "I'd be up for playing a board game right now." - Suzanne

4:11pm = Suzanne is made aware of the Baby Day Live Blog. She approves, with certain caveats.

3:55pm = Suzanne rates her pain as a "7" on a 1-10 scale.

3:35pm = Suzanne gets quizzed from the nurse. The baby's heartbeat is audible in the background. Contractions are occasional.

3:15pm = Suzanne gets checked into the room. It's well air-conditioned on the hottest day of the year.

3:10pm = Suzanne, her mom and Dustin arrive at the hospital. Everyone is awesome and the process is quick and painless.

2:50pm = Suzanne and her mother arrive home from Dustin's parents. Judging by Suzanne's sopping clothing, the water really does "break."

1:30pm = Dustin begins packing last minute supplies like crazy.

1:29pm = Just as he and Nathan are about to get serious about the beer, Dustin gets the phone call that the water has broken, upstairs at his parents' house.

1:10pm = After going to get lunch and buy last-minute beer supplies, Dustin and Nathan begin readying to brew the beer.

11:30am = Suzanne and her mother leave to go visit Dustin's parents and run errands. No indication that anything is extremely imminent. Nathan comes over to help Dustin brew beer, which they've dubbed "Beat the Baby IPA," as in "let's get this beer started before the baby hits."

I was going back through photos from earlier this year, and I stumbled upon a sequence of photos that was mildly entertaining: the fight between Dan Boyle and Corey Perry on March 27, 2013. The San Jose Sharks beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-0, and this fight occurred shortly after the fourth goal. I saw it coming before it happened, so I readied my camera.

Think of this as a hockey fight flip book, in blog form. The second half of the photos isn't nearly as good, but I've included it for continuity's sake. The key moments (read = key Dan Boyle grimaces) are blown up extra large.

Hockey's been done for just a few days (if, um, we're not talking about the Sharks), and I already miss it. Good thing I've got a baby on the way to distract me! :-)

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